Epic Systems

I really enjoy the projects I get to work on. There’s a lot of interesting coding problems, and it rarely gets boring.

I also like the other people on my team. People are really helpful and almost always willing to answer questions, which is a great part of the culture.

The other thing I like is flexibility. I get a lot of choice with what areas I get to focus on, which is nice.

Epic does expect people to work a lot of hours and it is a pretty heavy workload, which can be very stressful. It’s not uncommon to have to work pretty late every now and then.

This, added with the fact that vacation time is less than other tech companies, can contribute to a lot of burnout among Epic employees.

Another thing is that Epic has a very top-down structure. Upper management isn’t always responsive to employees’ concerns.

For example, Epic's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has consistently been dragging its feet on doing the right thing. They were slow to allow work from home and planned to force employees back to campus until made to do otherwise by health officials.

The messaging has been slow, confusing, and inadequate, making many people very frustrated with upper leadership.